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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841909
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2296-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-2296-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-2296-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Christian Holler, David Keeler and Byron Campen discovered multiple memory
safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1547)

Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow when interacting with WebAudio
buffers. If a user had enabled scripting, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash or execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird.
(CVE-2014-1549)

Atte Kettunen discovered a use-after-free in WebAudio. If a user had
enabled scripting, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a
denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1550)

Jethro Beekman discovered a use-after-free when the FireOnStateChange
event is triggered in some circumstances. If a user had enabled scripting,
an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service
via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1555)

Patrick Cozzi discovered a crash when using the Cesium JS library to
generate WebGL content. If a user had enabled scripting, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privilges of
the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1556)

Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber discovered a use-after-free in
CERT_DestroyCertificate. If a user had enabled scripting, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1544)

A crash was discovered in Skia when scaling an image, if the scaling
operation takes too long. If a user had enabled scripting, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1557)

Christian Holler discovered several issues when parsing certificates
with non-standard character encoding, resulting in the inability to
use valid SSL certificates in some circumstances. (CVE-2014-1558,
CVE-2014-1559, CVE-2014-1560)

Boris Zbarsky discovered that network redirects could cause an iframe
to escape the confinements defined by its sandbox attribute in some
circumstances. If a user had enabled scripting, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
(CVE-2014-1552)

Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1544
BugTraq ID: 68816
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68816
Debian Security Information: DSA-2986 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986
Debian Security Information: DSA-2996 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030617
http://secunia.com/advisories/59591
http://secunia.com/advisories/59719
http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
http://secunia.com/advisories/60083
http://secunia.com/advisories/60486
http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
http://secunia.com/advisories/60628
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1547
BugTraq ID: 68811
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68811
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620
http://secunia.com/advisories/60306
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1549
BugTraq ID: 68820
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68820
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1550
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1552
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1555
BugTraq ID: 68814
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68814
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1556
BugTraq ID: 68822
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68822
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1557
BugTraq ID: 68824
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68824
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1558
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1559
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1560
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